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Sussex Gardeners deck the halls of the Zwaanendael Museum

Holiday display through December 2016 features preserved flowers, fruit, evergreen branches and other plant material.




Sussex Gardeners to decorate Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays

Decorations presented in conjunction with the Lewes Lights event.




Take a seaside vacation—and see where Delaware’s modern history began

Delaware’s Atlantic Ocean resorts offer a wide variety of historical attractions including Swanendael, the site of Delaware’s first European settlement.




Theme of 2016 Dover Days Festival is historic preservation

Division will be offering several programs including those celebrating the 1976 restoration of The Old State House.




Traditional building conference to take place at Winterthur Museum on April 10 and 11, 2019

Two-day interactive symposium will feature best-in-class experts and practitioners.




Video explores genetic background of eight white and three Black people who lived at Avery’s Rest, a 17th century Delaware homestead

Research helps provide a greater understanding of the early colonial history of European and African persons in Delaware.




Visit our museums

Delaware’s State museums are open with tours that allow visitors to experience the history of the First State while continuing to take all recommended steps to safeguard public health. In keeping with Gov. Carney’s COVID-19 guidance, four museums administered by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs — the John Dickinson Plantation, Johnson Victrola […]




War of 1812 lecture series at Old State House in October 2022

Three-part series explores America’s second war with Great Britain.




Wine-glass painting party on June 22, 2017 at Buena Vista mansion

Event features a professional artist who will provide each guest with step-by-step instruction in creating two, hand-painted wine glasses utilizing the “Spring Flower!” design.




Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: ‘A Sailor’s Life for Me’ in Lewes, Del. over the 2017 Memorial Day weekend

Event provides visitors with an opportunity to experience seafaring lives of adventure, romance, excitement and hardships, and to honor mariners who made the ultimate sacrifice.




Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: ‘A Sailor’s Life for Me’ on May 25, 2019

Daylong series of activities exploring the adventure, romance, excitement and hardships experienced by seafarers.




Zwaanendael Museum to host ‘Mysteries of History’ tours in October 2022

Walking tours explore the darker and more unusual aspects of Lewes, Delaware history.




Zwaanendael Museum to offer tours of the British warship DeBraak

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.